Mark Gillispie

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For having collected significantly excessive profits.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal J. Patel, center, accompanied by FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati, Thursday, July 22, 2021. Federal authorities say Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. would pay a $230 million penalty and fully cooperate as part of an agreement announced Thursday to settle federal charges against the company in a sweeping bribery scheme in Ohio.
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FirstEnergy said it paid Sam Randazzo $22 million over the years.
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The Appalachian region of Ohio has long suffered from vanishing manufacturing jobs.
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The project is seen as a potential economic savior for an Appalachian region that has long struggled economically.
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, narcotics detective Ben Hill, with the Barberton Police Department, shows two bags of medications that are are stored in their headquarters and slated for destruction in Barberton, Ohio. Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in the first federal trial over the nation's opioid epidemic.
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Opioid Industry Presses for Settlement
The talks involve the distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, as well as drug makers Johnson & Johnson and Teva.
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In a Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Dave Yost speaks at the Ohio Republican Party event, in Columbus, Ohio. A federal appeals court has denied an effort by state attorneys general to stop a bellwether opioids trial involving two Ohio counties from getting underway later this month in Cleveland. The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 that Ohio didn’t object when lawsuits filed by Summit and Cuyahoga counties were initially included in what has become a sprawling case involving around 2,600 local governments and other entities. Yost argued in August against the certification of the local government lawsuits as multi-district litigation.
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Court Denies Attempts to Stop Opioid Trial
The trial for Ohio's Summit and Cuyahoga counties is a closely watched bellwether that could lead to settlements of the suits.
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This Jan. 11, 2018 file photo shows Judge Dan Polster in his office, in Cleveland. Attorneys representing eight drug distributors, pharmacies and retailers facing trial for their roles in the national opioid crisis are seeking to disqualify the federal judge overseeing their cases saying he’s shown clear bias in his efforts to obtain a multi-billion dollar global settlement. The motion was filed late Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, where Judge Dan Polster presides over most of the 2,000 lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments. Polster has not responded.
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Attorneys Seek to Disqualify Opioid Judge
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Ethane Revitalizes Appalachia?
A natural gas drilling byproduct could help a region still struggling from the loss of industrial and manufacturing jobs decades ago.
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Chuck Rodriguez, a 19-year employee, protests outside the plant, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Lordstown, Ohio. General Motors' sprawling Lordstown assembly plant near Youngstown is ending production of the Chevrolet Cruze sedan, ending for now more than 50 years of auto manufacturing at the site.
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There was a somber mood inside the plant, where more than 50 years of car manufacturing came to an end.
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To deal with overcapacity, GM will either have to eat added costs, close one or more plants, or retool them.
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Korean Firm Joins OH Ethane Project
The proposed petrochemical plant has idled in the planning stages for years.
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In this April 20, 2017 photo, a sign opposing a proposed pipeline sits in the front yard of a house in Green, Ohio. The town has hired a law firm to stop the pipeline from being built through the community.
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The city's mayor said that he will exhaust all options to stop Nexus Gas Transmission from burying 8 miles of pipeline in his middle-class community.
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